No one was injured when this tractor trailer overturned on Interstate 64 eastbound near Waddy early Tuesday morning, although one pig was killed. Kentucky State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officer Jeremy Younger said the semi, driven by Jeff Frazier, was transporting a load of pigs from Illinois to Tennessee when Frazier fell asleep at the wheel and ran off the road and overturned just east of the Waddy-Peytona exit. The interstate was shut down from 3 to 9 a.m., and traffic was detoured to U.S. 60 through Peytona.

as winter rolls inThough no severe weather is in the forecast, with today being the first official day of winter, city, county and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet maintenance crews say they are prepared to combat snow-covered and icy roads whenever they occur.

Frank Chuppe served in an emotional and respectful final meeting with the Shelbyville City Council on Thursday night, then Mayor Tom Hardesty introduced his replacement.

Shelbyville resident Steven Gregory, who formerly worked for the FBI and in government roles, will take over at the council’s first meeting on Jan. 5 for Chuppe, who retired because of new demands at his private law practice.

The Triple S Planning Commission has laid out a brief and somber agenda for Tuesday's December meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Stratton Center.

The commission will review and vote on the budget – of which commissioners received a preview during the November meeting – review the 2010 audit and the only new business will be the potential subdivision of an agricultural plat on Hickory Ridge Road.

Last fall, when Debi McMurray saw that a young autistic boy was lost in Mercer County, she was heartbroken.

"I was watching Channel 3, and Dawn Gee said that an Amber Alert couldn't be issued for this child because he wasn't abducted. I thought it covered everything," she said. "I just couldn't believe that the most vulnerable people [those with developmental disabilities] were not covered."

The news hit McMurray even harder because her son, Chase, 22, is a severe autistic and is non-verbal.